PORTUGALMore about Portugal Information about travelling to PortugalPortugal is located in Southwestern Europe, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Spain |
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General info about Portugal
Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil as a colony. A 1910 revolution deposed the monarchy; for most of the next six decades, repressive governments ran the country. In 1974, a left-wing military coup installed broad democratic reforms. The following year, Portugal granted independence to all of its African colonies. Portugal is a founding member of NATO and entered the EC (now the EU) in 1986.
Languages spoken Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official - but locally used) What about drugs? seizing record amounts of Latin American cocaine destined for Europe; a European gateway for Southwest Asian heroin; transshipment point for hashish from North Africa to Europe; consumer of Southwest Asian heroin Ethnic division homogeneous Mediterranean stock; citizens of black African descent who immigrated to mainland during decolonization number less than 100,000; since 1990 East Europeans have entered Portugal HIV/AIDS prevalence rate 0.4% (2001 est.) Climate maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south Resources fish, forests (cork), iron ore, copper, zinc, tin, tungsten, silver, gold, uranium, marble, clay, gypsum, salt, arable land, hydropower Economy Portugal has become a diversified and increasingly service-based economy since joining the European Community in 1986. Over the past two decades, successive governments have privatized many state-controlled firms and liberalized key areas of the economy, including the financial and telecommunications sectors. The country qualified for the European Monetary Union (EMU) in 1998 and began circulating the euro on 1 January 2002 along with 11 other EU member economies. Economic growth had been above the EU average for much of the 1990s, but fell back in 2001-08. GDP per capita stands at roughly two-thirds of the EU-27 average. A poor educational system, in particular, has been an obstacle to greater productivity and growth. Portugal has been increasingly overshadowed by lower-cost producers in Central Europe and Asia as a target for foreign direct investment. The budget deficit surged to an all-time high of 6% of GDP in 2005, but the government reduced the deficit to 2.6% in 2007 - a year ahead of Portugal's targeted schedule. Nonetheless, the government faces tough choices in its attempts to boost the economy, which grew by 0.9% in 2008, while keeping the budget deficit within the eurozone's 3%-of-GDP ceiling. Environment soil erosion; air pollution caused by industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution, especially in coastal areas Cities in Portugala dos cunhados abrantes abraveses adaufe aguada de cima aguas santas agucadoura agueda albufeira alcabideche alcacer do sal alcains alcanede alcanena alcobaca alcochete alcoentre aldeia de paio pires alenquer alfena alferrarede alges alhadas alhandra alhos vedros aljezur aljubarrota aljustrel almada almancil almargem do bispo almeirim alpiarca alvor amadora amarante amor amora angra anta antas apelacao apulia aradas arazede arcos arcozelo areosa arganil argoncilhe armacao de pera aroes arrentela arrifana arrifes arruda dos vinhos arvore atouguia da baleia avanca aveiras de cima aveiro aves avintes azambuja baguim do monte baltar barcarena barcelos barreiro barrosas batalha beduido beja belas benavente benedita bobadela boliqueime bombarral borba bougado braga braganca branca brito buarcos bucelas cacilhas caldas da rainha caldas de vizela caldelas calendario camacha camara de lobos camarate campanario campo campo maior candoso canecas canedo canelas canico canidelo cantanhede caparica caranguejeira carcavelos carnaxide carregado cartaxo carvalhosa cascais castanheira de pera castanheira do ribatejo castelo branco casteloes de cepeda castro daire castro marim castro verde cercal charneca de caparica chaves coimbra colares coronado corroios cortegaca coruche cova da piedade covilha custoias darque eixo elvas entroncamento ericeira esmoriz espinho estombar estoril estremoz evora fafe faja de baixo famoes fanzeres faro fatima fazendas de almeirim feira ferreira ferreira do alentejo ferreiras ferreiros fiaes figueira da foz figueiro foz do sousa frazao freamunde funchal fundao gafanha da encarnacao gafanha da nazare galegos gandra gemunde godim golega gondomar grandola grijo guarda guia guifoes guimaraes gulpilhares horta ilhavo joane jovim lagoa lagos lamego laranjeiro lavos lavra leca da palmeira leca do bailio leiria linda-a-velha lisbon lobao lordelo lorvao loule loures lourical lourinha lourosa lousa lustosa luz macedo de cavaleiros maceira machico macieira de cambra madalena mafra maia malveira mangualde margaride marinha grande marinhais marinhas matosinhos meadela mealhada meinedo milharado milheiros milheiros de poiares mira miranda do corvo mirandela mogadouro moita moncarapacho monchique monte gordo monte redondo montemor-o-novo montijo moreira moreira de conegos moscavide moura mozelos nazare negrelos nelas nogueira nogueira da regedoura odemira odivelas oia olhao olival oliveira oliveira de azemeis oliveira do bairro oliveira do douro oliveira do hospital oliveirinha ourem ovar paco de arcos pacos de brandao pacos de ferreira palmela pampilhosa pardilho parede pataias pedroso pedroucos penafiel peniche perafita pero pinheiro perozinho peso da regua pinhal novo poceirao poiares pombal ponta delgada ponta do sol ponte ponte de sor pontevel pontinha portalegre portimao porto porto de mos porto salvo porto santo povoa de lanhoso povoa de santa iria povoa de santo adriao povoa de varzim pragal praia da vitoria quarteira queijas queluz quinta do anjo rabo de peixe ramada real rebordosa recarei redondo refojos de basto reguengos de monsaraz riachos ribeira brava ribeira grande ribeirao rio de loba rio de mouro rio maior rio meao rio tinto ronfe rosto do cao sacavem salreu salvaterra de magos samora correia sande sandim sangalhos santa barbara de nexe santa catarina da serra santa cruz santa cruz do bispo santa iria de azoia santarem santiago do cacem santo andre santo antao do tojal santo antonio da charneca santo tirso sao bartolomeu de messines sao bras de alportel sao domingos de rana sao felix da marinha sao joao sao joao da madeira sao joao da talha sao joao de ver sao joao dos montes sao mamede de infesta sao pedro da cadeira sao pedro da cova sao pedro do sul sao roque sao teotonio satao seia selho senhora da hora seroa serpa serta serzedelo serzedo sesimbra setubal silvalde silveira silves sines sintra sobrado sobralinho sobreda sobreira soure souto souto da carpalhosa tavarede tavira teixoso teloes terrugem tomar tondela torres novas torres vedras trafaria tramagal turquel unhos vagos valadares valbom vale vale da amoreira valega valongo valpacos venda do pinheiro vendas novas ventosa vialonga viana do castelo vila cha vila do conde vila franca de xira vila franca do campo vila frescainha vila nova da telha vila nova de famalicao vila nova de gaia vila nova de milfontes vila praia de ancora vila real vila real de santo antonio vila verde vila vicosa vilar de andorinho vilar do paraiso vilarinho vilela viseu vizela |
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